Wall table and ironing board



March 10, 1931.

T. B. CHANDLER 1,795,636 WALL TABLE AND IRONING BOARD I Filed Jan. 21, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Maren 10, 1931'.

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, i TQMMIE B. CHANDLER, OF rnonmx, ARIZONA WALLJTABLE AND monnve BOARD.

Application filed January 21, 1929. Serial no. 333,840. v

This invention relates tojwall tables and ironing-boards of the type installed, for example, in the Wall of a room, the construction permitting of the table and ironing-board to be;-independently lowered into position for use or folded into a cabinet. An object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the table and ironingboard are co-operatively-related. I J

Another object is to improve the construction for adjustably supporting the ironingboard at different elevations.

Another object is to make provision for automatic opening and clo'singflo-f the folding leaf supports of the table. i f

Other objects'will appear in the subjoined detailed description; I I

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tableand ironing-board constructed'in accordance with the provisions of'this invention, the same being shown folded into the cabinet. V

I Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical section on the lineindicated by 2-2, Figure l the ironing-board being shown in open position, at one elevation in solid lines and at another elevation in broken lines. A portion of the iron ing-board is broken away to contract the view.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section on the line indicated by 3-3, Figure 1,the table being shown inopen position.

Figure 4 is a broken plan view, partly in section, on the line indicated by si -@Figure 3, the leaves being shown in extended positions. p j I Figure 5 is a section on the line indicated by 55, Figure p V I Figure 6 is aview similar to Figurefl showing the leaves folded. V

Figure Tie a horizontal section on the line indicated by 7-7, Fig.1; 7 I

Referring to the drawings, there isprovided a cabinet-8 comprising a rear wall 9, side walls 10, a top 11 and a bottom 12, the front of '13. The side walls 10 are provided with verthe cabinet being providedwith an opening tical grooves 1e and the front walls of the grooves 14,'in this instance, are provided at the; upper ends of said grooves with out; wardly projecting notches 15. The. grooves 14: afford guides for studs15 that project laterally from one end of a table top 16 which constitutes a closure member for the upper portion of the opening 13, into which it closes.

When the table 16 is in the open position, as shown in Figure 3, it is supported by spaced lower closure members 17, to the upper end of which it is hinged as indicated at 18. The lower members 17 are hinged at their lower ends at 19 to the bottom 12 of the cabinet. The table top 16 may be held in closed position by a suitablelatch 20. Also, the table top is provided on its outer face near its upper end with a knob 21 to facilitate opening of said table top.

The closure members 17 are provided near 5 their lower ends with grooves 22 that face one anotherand with a series of notches 22 in the rear walls of said grooves. Slidably engaging the grooves 21 are studs 23 that project laterally from the lower end of a closure member 2e that is positioned intermediate of the closure members 17. The forward edge of the bottom 12 is preferably beveled aslant downwardly and rearwardly, as indicated at 25.

Hinged at 26 to the upper end of the 010- 7.5 sure member 24 and to the rear face of said closure member, is an ironing-board 27 which is provided at one end with laterally projecting studs" 28 which slide in vertical grooves 29 provided in the side walls 30 of a recess 3101f the t'able'16, said recess facing outwardly. The front walls of the grooves 29 are provided with forwardlyextending notches 32.

The closure member 24, when in the closed position shown in Figural, closes the low er portion of the recess 31 and the lower portion of the ironing-board projects behind said closure member 24; The upper portion of the ironing-board, when closed Into the cabinet, 9"

1- indicated at 35, to the table top 16.

lVhen the ironing-board is open, as shown in Figure 2, the weight thereof tends to pull the studs 28 forwardly so as to hold them ir one pair of notches 32, and said weight tends to thrust the studs 23 r-earwardly so as hold them in one pair of the notches 22. B selectively placing the studs 28 in the note 1e: 32 and the studs 23 in the notches 22 the ironing-board may be adjusted to different elevations and the studs 23, 28 will then not slip out of place, because of the construction just described. The door 33 is provided with a knob 36 at the side that is opposite to the side provided with the hinges From the foregoing, it will be seen that, When the table top is in the open position shown in Figure 3, the closure members 17 function as braces to aid in supporting said table top, the bottom walls of the notches 15 preventing the inner end of the table from being depressed. It will also be readily seen thatthe closure member 24 functions as a brace to aid in supporting the ironing-board, and that the inner end of said ironing-board cannot be depressed because of the studs 28 engaging the bottom walls of the grooves in which said studs engage.

In this particular instance, the table top 16 is provided with a folding leaf or leaves 37, there being two such leaves shown in the drawings. The leaves 37 are hinged at 38 to the table top 16 so that when the leaves are in the open position shown in Figure 4 their upper surfaces will be flush with the upper surface of the table top 16.

The supports for the leaves 37 are constituted by arms 38 which are pivoted at 39 in recesses 40 in the table top 16. The arms 38 are sufiiciently long to project laterally hum the recesses 40 when said arms are in he positions shown in Figure 4. To the inner ends of the arms 38, at each side of the acle top, are secured wires 41, 42, respecively, which wires are accommodated in the recesses 40. These wires are fastened at 43 to one end'of a cord 44 and the other end of said cord passes through a slot 45 in the table top 16 and is secured at 46, by a nail or its equivalent, to the edge of the leaf 37.

Also secured at 43 to the: wires 41, 42 and cord 44 is a coil spring 46 which is anchored at 47 to the table top 16. The tension of the spring 46 operates to move the wires 41, 42 to the right in Figure 4, thus to retract the arms 38, and opening of the leaf 37 pulls on the cord 44 against the tension of said spring, thus moving the wires 41, 42 to the left. to thereby project the arms 38 into poisitipn beneath the leaf so as to support said The construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description and, in brief, the operation is as follows: Assuming that the table and ironing-board are closed into the cabinet, as indicated in Figure 1, and that it is desired to use the table, the knob 21 will be grasped and pulled outwardly, thus to pull the table top 16 and closure members 17, 24 out of the cabinet, the table top 16 hinging at the hinges 18 until it comes to rest in a horizontal position, as shown in Figure 3. A reversal of this operation will return the table into the cabinet. When it is desired to use the ironing-board, the knob 36 will be grasped and the door 33 pulled open. Then the upper end of the, ironing'board will be grasped by the operator and swung outwardly and downwardly, thusmoving the ironing-board and closure member 24 into the positions shown in Figure 2. A reversal of this operation closes the ironing-board into the cabinet.

I claim:

1. A wall table and ironing-board comprising a cabinet provided in its side walls with vertical grooves and provided with a front opening, spaced lower closure members hinged at their lower ends to the cabinet to close into the opening and provided with grooves facing one another and with notches in the rear walls of said grooves, a table top hinged at its intermediate portion to the up per ends of the first mentioned closure members to close into the opening and provided with a recess and with grooves in the side walls of said recess and with notches in the front walls of the grooves and with studs projecting laterally into the first mentioned grooves, a lower closure member intermediate of the first mentioned closure members provided at its lower end with studs projecting laterally into the second mentioned grooves, a door hinged at one side to the table top to close into the recess, and an ironingboard hinged between its ends to the upper end of the intermediate closure member and provided with studs projecting laterally into the third mentioned grooves.

2. A wall table and ironing-board comprising a cabinet provided with a front opening, spaced lower closure members hinged at their lower ends to the cabinet to close into the opening, atable top hinged at its intermediate portion to the upper ends of the first mentioned closure members to close into the opening and provided with a recess, a lower closure member intermediate of the first mentioned closure members, a door hinged at one side to the table top to close into the recess, an ironing-board hinged between its ends to the intermediate closure member, cooperating means between the table top and cabinet to guide the lower end of the table top in its opening and closing 

